Powers/Abilities: Icicle can reduce her body temperature and absorb
kinetic energy from the space around her, causing the surrounding area to
become cold. She is able to generate snow and ice, being skillful enough
to create ice slides and other shaped solid objects. Icicle also has flame
powers; rather than displacing the heat in the air when she uses her powers
like Icestar does, she absorbs it. When she absorbs enough she can combust,
although it didnt happen often.

History: Most people assume that
Icestar and Icicle are mutants. They're not.
In fact two of the world's best known heroes are descendants of a water elemental
from a frozen lake, who was given human form by a powerful wizard. He fell
so in love with her that he eventually married her in a proper church wedding.
It was through holy sacrament that Icestar and Icicle's
great-great-great-great-grandmother gained both her soul and the ability
to produce viable human offspring. Now, in the seventh generation, that decidedly
feminine elemental power quite naturally manifests itself in Icicle (its
manifestation in Icestar is thoroughly unnatural, and is another story -
see his profile for details).

Both Christine Grayson and her elder brother John share this unique heritage,
the ability to generate cold and ice. In John's case an accident caused his
powers to manifest, and he adopted the superhero persona of Icestar. A few
years later Christine hit puberty and decided to follow John's footsteps,
moving to join him in San Francisco and taking the identity of Icicle. Although
he wasn't happy about her choice, John supported her decision to join the
Champions, his team, as it meant he could keep a closer eye on her.

Comments:Icicle first appeared as a supervillain in the
roleplaying game Champions. Her history in the game is slightly different
from the comic version, and by the latest edition of Champions she had retired
and had a child by hero Starburst.

Thanks to Dennis Mallonee for clarifying Icicle and Icestar's origin, and
informing me of the mystical side of it.